Bed-bottom.



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Patented May 27, |902. J.- HOEY.

BED BOTTOM.

(Application filed Apr. 4, 1901.)

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JOHN HOEY, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

BED-BOTTOM.

srnclnroarrolv forming part of Letters Pateneivo. 700,929, dated May 27,1902. Application filed April 4, 1901. Serial No. 54,270. (No model.)

T0 @ZZ whom t may concern:

Beit known that I, JOHN I'IOEY, a citizen of the United States, residingin the city and county of San Francisco, State of California, haveinvented an Improvement in Bed-Bottoms; and I hereby declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same.

My invention relates to improvements in bed-bottoms of that class inwhich a wovenwire or equivalent support for theupper mattress isattached to a framework,which framework is supported upon the bedstead.

lWIy invention consists of the parts and the constructions andcombinations of parts hereinafter described and claimed.

Figure l is a plan of my invention looking from below. Fig. 2 is an endview.

y A represents the side rails of a mattressframe of my improvedconstruction.

B represents the end rails, and 2 is the wire mattress, which isstretched between the end rails, as shown. The end rails are made ofsuch length that when the side rails lie between the bedstead-railsthese end rails project over the upper edges of the bedsteadrails.

Between the side and end rails are fixed the blocks Ll. These blocks lieparallel with the end rails, having their outer ends extending outwardlyand flush with the ends of the end rails. The side and end rails andthese intermediate blocks are then strongly secured together by bolts,and the ends of the blocks will rest upon the edges of the side rails ofthe bedstead, and thus raise the end rails and the wire mattress to asufficient height so that while the edges of the Wire mattress may beflush with the outer sides of the bedstead-rails they cannot bedepressed sufficiently to strike those rails. This construction providesa cheap economical bedbottom and enables me to use the short pieces oflumber for the intervening blocks, which would otherwise be wasted.

If desired, an ornamental cap-piece of thin sheet metal may be appliedto the ends of the blocks and end rails, upon which may be stamped thename of the bed or other ornamental matter.

In order to further stiften the woven-wire mattress and prevent itsbeing depressed centrally or so as to strike the bedstead-rails, Iextend elastic cables G from end to end beneath the mattress. At pointsapproximately central between the ends these cables are connectedtogether by links 8, which are so disposed as to' draw the centralportions of the cables transversely toward each other.

-The cables are so disposed that the two adjacent cables of the firstand second pair when drawn into position overlap each other, so as toform one or more elongated diamond-I shaped spaces. The second cable ofthe second pair in like manner overlaps the first cable of the thirdpair, and so on from one side to the other of the mattress, eachoverlapping pair forming elongated diamondshaped spaces'between and eachpair having its own independenttension produced by the links 8. The endsof the elongated diamonds are formed by the crossing of the pairs ofcables intermediate between the center and the ends of the bed-bottom,as shown at 9. These intermediate crossing lines form a spiral supportfoi-.those portions of the wovenwire fabric which are intermediatebetween the center and the ends. The central portion is sufcientlysupported bythe pairs of cables drawn together, as described, and byintermediate links extending across the minor diameters of thediamond-shaped spaces, so as to unite all the pairs, as shown at l0, andcause them to act unison. It will be understood that a plurality ofcrossings of these pairs of cables maybe made, so that as manysupplemental supports for the woven-Wire fabric can be made as may bedesired, the effect being to strengthen the bottom and enable it'to moreevenly resist any pressure brought upon its surface. The links may beshortened by further bending the ends which engage the cables or byturnbuckles or equivalent adjusting devices, so as to increase thetension of the cables, `if found` necessary by reason of theirstretching.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desiretosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination in a bed-bottom of a frame consisting of end barsextending over the side rails of the bedstead, supportingblocks restingupon the bedstead-rails having the outer ends Hush with those of the endIOO bars, side bars bolted through the inner ends of the blocks and theend bars and suspended therefrom interior to the bedstead-rails, aWoven-Wire fabric stretched longitudinally over the end bars andunconnected With the side bars, said fabric having its edges flush withthe end bars and overhanging the bedstead-rails, strengthening devicesconsisting of elastic cables extending in pairs between the ends of theframe, links by Which the members of each of said pairs are drawn towardeachl other, said pairs being so disposed that adjacent members of eachpair overlap each other and cross to form supplemental supportsintermediate between the center and the ends. v

2. The combination in a bed-bottom of a frame, the end bars of whichextend and are supported above the bedstead-rails by blocksinterposedandrestingupon said rails,side bars of said frame boltedthrough the inner ends of the blocks to the end bars and supportedtherefrom out of contact with the bedsteadrails, a Woven-Wire mattressstretched over the end bars having its edges projecting flush with theend bars and over the bedstead-rails, elastic cables stretched betweenthe end bars in contact With the lower surface of the mattress, links bywhich the central portions of each of the pairs of cables are drawntoward each other whereby the adjacent members of each pair overlap inthe form of elongated diamond shapes, and other links extending acrossthe shorter diameters of the overlapping members and approximately inline with the links by which the tension of each pair is maintained.

In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

JOHN HoEY.

Witnesses:

S. H. NoURsE, JEssIE C. BRODIE.

